Two stages were contested on the first three weekends of July, when the Tour de France was due to take place.

The series concluded with the sixth and final stage on the Champs-Élysées, which had been replicated by virtual platform Zwift.

Trek-Segafredo rider Will Clarke triumphed in the men’s event, which featured six laps of a 6.6-kilometre circuit.

The Australian rider finished in a winning time of 51min 44sec, with Italy’s Filippo Ganna and South Africa’s Ryan Gibbons rounding off the podium on the same time as the winner.

Gibbons had won the opening stage of the virtual event and was part of a strong NTT Pro Cycling performance, with the team topping the overall men’s standings on 500 points.

Rally Cycling placed in second on 267 points, with Trek-Segafredo third on 232 points.

The women’s event saw Lauren Stephens claim her second stage victory, with the American rider finishing in 56:38.

Britain’s April Tacey, who also won two stages, settled for second place in the final stage.

She ended on the same time as the winner, with Canada’s Georgia Simmerling third.

Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank won the women’s event overall on 499 points, ahead of Twenty20 on 306 and Drops Cycling on 292.

Teams were able to make changes to their line-ups to suit the course during each stage of the event, which featured climbs and sprints.

Britain’s four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome and Dutch star Marianne Vos were among the riders participating in the series.

Organisers Zwift and Amaury Sport Organisation said the Virtual Tour de France is aimed at being a "strong solidarity campaign around cycling", with the event organised in aid of five global charity partners.

The Tour de France was originally scheduled to start on June 27, but is now due to take place from August 29 to September 20.